Monday, July 9, 2018 6:21 PM Local Time
Bolton Eliminated by Uemura
Following a hijack open from Paulino Uemura, John Bolton moved all in for roughly 400,000 from the big blind. Uemura called, and the cards were revealed.
Uemura:
Bolton:
The board ran out and Bolton was eliminated by Uemura.
| Paulino Uemura | 2,900,000 | 695,000  |
| John Bolton | 0 | -230,000  |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:18 PM Local Time
Double Knockout for Lack Propels Him to Six Million Chips
Hari Bercovici limped in from early position and action folded around to Greg Perry who moved all in for about 150,000. Next to act, Pierre Gentil moved all in over the top for roughly 700,000, and in the small blind, Randall Lack called both shoves. Action was back on Bercovici and he folded promptly, bringing the three players to an all-in showdown.
Randall Lack:
Gregory Perry:
Pierre Gentil:
Lack was in the lead as the three hands went to the flop and he retained it as the board rolled out . With his ace-king kickers to the board, Lack would scoop the pot and move to right around six million chips.
| Randall Lack | 6,000,000 | 1,350,000 |
| Gregory Perry | 0 | -150,000 |
| Pierre Gentil | 0 | -625,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:18 PM Local Time
Cikinas Doubles Through Fabre
From under the gun, Daniel Merrilees raised to 75,000 and Joey Fabre three-bet to 325,000 from a few seats over.
With the action on Matas Cikinas on the button, he moved all in for 1,050,000, and Merrilees folded.
Fabre went deep into the tank for several minutes before eventually making the call.
Cikinas:
Fabre:
The board ran out and Cikinas doubled through to over 2.2 million in chips.
| Matas Cikinas | 2,265,000 | 1,325,000 |
| Daniel Merrilees | 1,790,000 | -205,000 |
| Joey Fabre | 1,350,000 | -1,150,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:16 PM Local Time
Tang Takes it With Two Pair
Jason Maeroff opened the action with a raise to 90,000 from early position, and Daniel Tang defended his big blind. The flop came down , and Tang check-called a 110,000 bet. Both players checked on the turn, and when the river came the , Tang led for 315,000. Maeroff made the call and mucked after tabled for two pair.
| Daniel Tang | 2,500,000 | 470,000 |
| Jason Maeroff | 1,400,000 | -275,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:15 PM Local Time
Miscikowski Eliminated by Beylin
Following a flop of and a series of bets and raises, David Miscikowski was all in for about 1,250,000 with from early position against Konstantin Beylin in the big blind with .
The turn and river completed the board, no help to Miscikowski, locking up the pot for Beylin.
| Konstantin Beylin | 3,250,000 | 1,605,000 |
| David Miscikowski | 0 | -1,780,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:11 PM Local Time
DiVella Doubles Through Pollak with a Good River
Nick DiVella moved all in before the flop for a bit more than 400,000. Benjamin Pollak was next to act and he just called while the rest of the table folded around, bringing the two players to a showdown.
Benjamin Pollak:
Nick DiVella:
The board ran out and that gave DiVella a winning pair of sevens on the river to double up.
"Hi, mom!" DiVella said after the hand, waving at the ESPN cameras that had gathered around.
"She says, 'Nice river,'" another player at the table said.
| Benjamin Pollak | 2,900,000 | -410,000 |
| Nick DiVella | 850,000 | 430,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:10 PM Local Time
Hutter Moves into Chip Lead
Barry Hutter came back from dinner with a top-ten stack, and when we got to his table, Nils Tolpingrud had checked a board of and Hutter had bet 325,000.
Tolpingrud called and the river was the . Tolpingrud checked and Hutter bet 875,000. Tolpingrud thought before calling and Hutter showed for a set of sevens and took down the pot.
| Barry Hutter | 6,700,000 | 1,550,000 |
| Nils Tolpingrud | 960,000 | -1,415,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:09 PM Local Time
Dos Santos Eliminates Desai
Victor Pedote Dos Santos opened to 80,000 under the gun and got one call before small blind Anthony Desai stuck his 400,000-or-so in. Dos Santos reraised to isolate but his was dominated by . The flop changed that in a hurry, though, and Desai took his leave on the wrong end of a beat after the and completed the board.
| Victor Pedote Dos Santos | 2,300,000 | 620,000 |
| Anthony Desai | 0 | -450,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:09 PM Local Time
Rughani Doubles Through Fabre
Vivek Rughani raised to 500,000 from early position and Joey Fabre called from the hijack.
The flop came down , Rughani bet his remaining 5,000, and Fabre called with , trailing Rughani's .
The turn and river completed the board, safe for Rughani to double up.
| Joey Fabre | 2,500,000 | -485,000 |
| Vivek Rughani | 1,115,000 | 595,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:06 PM Local Time
Sarkisyan Eliminated by Deeb
From the hijack, Karen Sarkisyan shoved all in for 470,000 and Shaun Deeb called in the small blind.
Sarkisyan:
Deeb:
The board ran out and Sarkisyan was eliminated shortly after play resumed.
| Shaun Deeb | 1,870,000 | 520,000 |
| Karen Sarkisyan | 0 | -560,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:03 PM Local Time
Levinskas Returns From Dinner With a Four-Bet
Laurynas Levinskas opened with a raise to 100,000 and action folded to Stanley Lee on the button. He three-bet, making it 325,000, and action folded around back to Levinskas. Levinskas thought for a good while, counting his chips and cutting out a bet before deciding to make it 845,000. Lee thought for a while, then decided to let go of his hand, so Levinskas took down the big pot with his four-bet without seeing a flop.
| Laurynas Levinskas | 3,545,000 | 425,000 |
| Stanley Lee | 3,100,000 | -375,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 6:00 PM Local Time
Gentil Doubles Through Duong
Pierre Gentil got his last 260,000 in after being fortunate enough to find and was fading the of Jack Duong. The brought nothing to worry Gentil but the turn meant he had some cards to fade. The was a brick on the river.
| Jack Duong | 1,370,000 | -205,000 |
| Pierre Gentil | 625,000 | 365,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 5:57 PM Local Time
Play Resumes
The cards are back in the air.
Monday, July 9, 2018 5:56 PM Local Time
Level 24 started
Level: 24
Blinds: 20000/40000
Ante: 5000
Monday, July 9, 2018 5:46 PM Local Time
Phil Ivey Busts the Main Event!
Phil Ivey made a huge all-in river bet on Day 4 of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Brian Altman was put in a tough spot. Would Phil Ivey risk his WSOP Main Event tournament life with less than a flush or straight? Altman analyzes his play on the hand that eventually busted Phil Ivey from the WSOP Main Event in 54th place for $23,940. Altman hangs on to one of the biggest stacks in Day 5 of the WSOP Main Event.
Monday, July 9, 2018 4:26 PM Local Time
Dinner Break
The remaining 171 players are heading on a 90-minute dinner break.
Play will resume at approximately 5:55 p.m. (PDT).
Monday, July 9, 2018 4:24 PM Local Time
Dinner Break Chip Counts of Remaining 171 Players
| Hari Bercovici | 5,870,000 | -30,000 |
| Alexander Gross | 5,725,000 | -175,000 |
| Brian Yoon | 5,585,000 | 585,000 |
| Andres Jeckeln | 5,585,000 | -65,000 |
| Eric Froehlich | 5,445,000 | -55,000 |
| Alexander Haro | 5,285,000 | 1,025,000 |
| Barry Hutter | 5,150,000 | 5,000 |
| Nikolaos Platis | 5,000,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Ryan Rivers | 4,950,000 | 2,298,000 |
| Shannon Shorr | 4,810,000 | 1,330,000 |
| Brian Altman | 4,800,000 | 1,530,000 |
| Randall Lack | 4,650,000 | -850,000 |
| Ognjen Sekularac | 4,630,000 | 630,000 |
| Jaime Kaplan | 4,605,000 | 505,000 |
| Danny Qutami | 4,470,000 | 4,470,000 |
| Sharukh Shaw | 4,470,000 | 1,270,000 |
| Kerry Bell | 4,450,000 | 70,000 |
| Peter Campo | 4,300,000 | 1,475,000 |
| Nghia Le [Nghia Le (FL)] | 4,300,000 | 2,675,000 |
| Thomas Macdonald | 4,270,000 | 1,570,000 |
| Alexander Ziskin | 4,260,000 | 60,000 |
| Jorden Fox | 4,180,000 | -460,000 |
| Jeff Trudeau | 4,180,000 | 680,000 |
| Justin Harvell | 4,085,000 | 1,285,000 |
| Tony Miles | 3,980,000 | 1,380,000 |
| Paulo Goncalves | 3,900,000 | 600,000 |
| Roger Lussier | 3,805,000 | 1,155,000 |
| Shaun O'Donnell | 3,730,000 | -120,000 |
| James Obst | 3,700,000 | 750,000 |
| Dan Wilson | 3,685,000 | -485,000 |
| Alex Lynskey | 3,680,000 | 850,000 |
| Cliff Josephy | 3,595,000 | 45,000 |
| Steven Adams | 3,575,000 | 675,000 |
| Ofir Mor | 3,530,000 | 30,000 |
| Stanley Lee | 3,475,000 | -1,045,000 |
| Tristan Bain | 3,450,000 | 1,050,000 |
| Benjamin Pollak | 3,310,000 | -990,000 |
| Bart Lybaert | 3,300,000 | -200,000 |
| Nirath Rean | 3,218,000 | 543,000 |
| Kelly Minkin | 3,205,000 | -895,000 |
| Laurynas Levinskas | 3,120,000 | 1,265,000 |
| Alexandre Reard | 3,100,000 | -1,100,000 |
| Vicent Bosca Ramon | 3,090,000 | 1,490,000 |
| Matt Sabia | 3,065,000 | 365,000 |
| Jonathon Prested | 3,025,000 | 660,000 |
| Artem Metalidi | 2,990,000 | 1,472,000 |
| Aleksandr Shevelev | 2,990,000 | 840,000 |
| Krasimir Yankov | 2,985,000 | 545,000 |
| Joey Fabre | 2,985,000 | -515,000 |
| Mark Zullo | 2,900,000 | 1,550,000 |
| Nicholas Cushman | 2,900,000 | 1,385,000 |
| Jared Palmer | 2,805,000 | 1,405,000 |
| Philip Chun | 2,800,000 | 1,450,000 |
| Barry Faecher | 2,750,000 | 1,150,000 |
| Mason Barrell | 2,680,000 | -270,000 |
| Jason Gooch | 2,655,000 | 2,295,000 |
| Antonio Esfandiari | 2,570,000 | -330,000 |
| Chanracy Khun | 2,560,000 | 307,000 |
| Andrew Ostapchenko | 2,555,000 | -995,000 |
| Jan Mach | 2,550,000 | 1,830,000 |
| Hyon Kim | 2,530,000 | 570,000 |
| Clayton Fletcher | 2,500,000 | -140,000 |
| Chris Da-Silva | 2,480,000 | -820,000 |
| Martial Blangenwitsch | 2,475,000 | 35,000 |
| Phillip Mighall | 2,475,000 | 557,000 |
| Sean Marshall | 2,465,000 | 1,705,000 |
| Nick Newport | 2,450,000 | -400,000 |
| Sylvain Loosli | 2,400,000 | 350,000 |
| Nils Tolpingrud | 2,375,000 | -325,000 |
| Fredrik Kaarem | 2,290,000 | -430,000 |
| Artur Koren | 2,235,000 | 765,000 |
| Rifat Palevic | 2,230,000 | 1,670,000 |
| Paulino Uemura | 2,205,000 | 815,000 |
| Nishant Sharma | 2,200,000 | 120,000 |
| John Cynn | 2,185,000 | 254,000 |
| Scott Einiger | 2,110,000 | 1,170,000 |
| Mark Stockton | 2,090,000 | 290,000 |
| Thomas Lutz | 2,055,000 | 75,000 |
| Ivan Luca | 2,050,000 | 700,000 |
| Daniel Tang | 2,030,000 | 203,000 |
| Franklin Azevedo | 2,000,000 | -700,000 |
| Daniel Merrilees | 1,995,000 | 1,490,000 |
| Ahmed Amin | 1,965,000 | 15,000 |
| Henrik Hecklen | 1,965,000 | 595,000 |
| Aram Zobian | 1,950,000 | -250,000 |
| Hector Dominguez-Depaz | 1,900,000 | 700,000 |
| Michael Lavenburg | 1,890,000 | 690,000 |
| Frederik Jensen | 1,875,000 | 1,551,000 |
| Peter Nguyen | 1,870,000 | 110,000 |
| Bas De Laat | 1,865,000 | 484,000 |
| Ming Xi | 1,855,000 | -78,000 |
| Ryan Phan | 1,850,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Ben Yu | 1,840,000 | -1,210,000 |
| Adam Rude | 1,820,000 | -280,000 |
| Kao Saechao | 1,800,000 | 375,000 |
| Mario Mosbock | 1,790,000 | 640,000 |
| David Miscikowski | 1,780,000 | 0 |
| Martijn Gerrits | 1,770,000 | -489,000 |
| Taha Maruf | 1,750,000 | 450,000 |
| Ivan Demidov | 1,725,000 | 435,000 |
| Ricardo Souza | 1,700,000 | 970,000 |
| Randy Lowery | 1,680,000 | 230,000 |
| Victor Pedote Dos Santos | 1,680,000 | 260,000 |
| Jason Maeroff | 1,675,000 | -1,125,000 |
| Ubaid Habib | 1,670,000 | -1,480,000 |
| Jeff Hobrecker | 1,650,000 | -50,000 |
| Konstantin Beylin | 1,645,000 | 145,000 |
| Seth Foster | 1,625,000 | -25,000 |
| Joe Cada | 1,615,000 | 115,000 |
| Jamie Flynn | 1,605,000 | 740,000 |
| Noe Cantu | 1,600,000 | -200,000 |
| Antoine Labat | 1,580,000 | 221,000 |
| Jack Duong | 1,575,000 | 425,000 |
| Volodymyr Drokin | 1,575,000 | 559,000 |
| Nicolas Manion | 1,530,000 | -55,000 |
| Rodeen Talebi | 1,495,000 | 688,000 |
| Mike Jukich | 1,480,000 | -5,000 |
| Jeremy Ansher | 1,450,000 | -350,000 |
| Steven Federspiel | 1,430,000 | 510,000 |
| Brayden Gazlay | 1,415,000 | -255,000 |
| Richard Robinson | 1,375,000 | -264,000 |
| Joseph Melancon | 1,375,000 | 45,000 |
| Ralph Massey | 1,355,000 | 379,000 |
| Shaun Deeb | 1,350,000 | 150,000 |
| Stefan Huber | 1,335,000 | 535,000 |
| Yueqi Zhu | 1,320,000 | 120,000 |
| William Kopp | 1,310,000 | -240,000 |
| Cory Williams | 1,310,000 | -95,000 |
| Mike Cordell | 1,305,000 | 493,000 |
| Michael Dyer | 1,260,000 | 260,000 |
| Jordan Cristos | 1,190,000 | -260,000 |
| Samuel Bernabeu | 1,160,000 | -450,000 |
| Bryce McVay | 1,150,000 | -300,000 |
| Ricky Pyne | 1,110,000 | -1,140,000 |
| Tyler Witteman | 1,100,000 | -450,000 |
| Michael Feil | 1,080,000 | -1,885,000 |
| Ben Jackson | 1,055,000 | -481,000 |
| Natalie Teh | 1,050,000 | 225,000 |
| Brett Silverman | 1,025,000 | -75,000 |
| Eric Liebeler | 1,025,000 | 350,000 |
| Kenneth Watson | 1,020,000 | -180,000 |
| Cory Albertson | 1,000,000 | 252,000 |
| Matas Cikinas | 940,000 | -410,000 |
| Rocco Palumbo | 900,000 | -1,400,000 |
| Martin Sejer | 865,000 | -1,302,000 |
| Daniel Wolf | 860,000 | -840,000 |
| Brent Ballentine | 840,000 | -260,000 |
| Scott Davies | 820,000 | -130,000 |
| John Botticello | 820,000 | -268,000 |
| Cole Miller | 750,000 | -400,000 |
| Xi Yang | 740,000 | -1,085,000 |
| Brian Borne | 720,000 | -1,180,000 |
| Michael Reardon | 715,000 | -65,000 |
| Jake Toole | 700,000 | -550,000 |
| Jacob Kipfer | 685,000 | -220,000 |
| Tobias Ziegler | 680,000 | -251,000 |
| Timothy McDermott | 665,000 | -345,000 |
| Mantas Bagocius | 650,000 | -380,000 |
| Matthew Stein | 625,000 | -1,125,000 |
| Paul Volpe | 600,000 | -550,000 |
| Kunal Patel | 575,000 | -225,000 |
| Karen Sarkisyan | 560,000 | -265,000 |
| Vivek Rughani | 520,000 | -130,000 |
| William Hickey | 495,000 | -95,000 |
| Kartik Ved | 465,000 | -670,000 |
| Anthony Desai | 450,000 | -580,000 |
| Eric Kepper | 430,000 | -268,000 |
| Nick DiVella | 395,000 | -135,000 |
| Pierre Gentil | 260,000 | -1,490,000 |
| John Bolton | 230,000 | -20,000 |
| Gregory Perry | 150,000 | -412,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 4:23 PM Local Time
172nd - 203rd Place Finishers
James Akenhead
These players earned $49,355 for their respective finishes.
| Richard Gryko | 0 | -2,100,000 |
| Gregory Defeo | 0 | -240,000 |
| Adam Geyer | 0 | 0 |
| Juan Pardo Dominguez | 0 | 0 |
| Tomas Novotny | 0 | 0 |
| Umang Dattani | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Lawson | 0 | 0 |
| Santiago Soriano | 0 | -2,085,000 |
| David Chen | 0 | -775,000 |
| Ashley Locker | 0 | -600,000 |
| William Simpson | 0 | -1,021,000 |
| Gavin Cochrane | 0 | 0 |
| James Akenhead | 0 | -220,000 |
| Bradley Myers | 0 | 0 |
| Chou Chou | 0 | 0 |
| Vi Do | 0 | 0 |
| Kilian Loeffler | 0 | -550,000 |
| Andreas Kniep | 0 | -1,451,000 |
| Kyle Julius | 0 | -1,050,000 |
| Roland Israelashvili | 0 | -340,000 |
| Roman Lanzerstorfer | 0 | -1,140,000 |
| Shigeho Yoshioka | 0 | -550,000 |
| Adam Levy | 0 | 0 |
| Loc Nguyen (AL) | 0 | -775,000 |
| Michael Haddad | 0 | -421,000 |
| Jonathan Hilton | 0 | -125,000 |
| Robert Brown | 0 | -300,000 |
| Scott Wilson | 0 | -1,100,000 |
| Christopher Ahrens | 0 | -395,000 |
| Shankar Pillai | 0 | -1,500,000 |
| Brian Green | 0 | -450,000 |
| Scott Franklin | 0 | 0 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 4:21 PM Local Time
Jukich Doubles Through Sharma
Nishant Sharma opened for 70,000 and called the shove of Mike Jukich, who had 700,000. Jukich's dominated and the board ran out , safe for a double.
| Nishant Sharma | 2,080,000 | 908,000 |
| Mike Jukich | 1,500,000 | 850,000 |
Monday, July 9, 2018 4:15 PM Local Time
Zullo Doubles Through Defeo
Mark Zullo was all in for his last 645,000 holding against Gregory Defeo and his .
The board ran out and Zullo doubled through.
| Mark Zullo | 1,350,000 | -1,594,000 |
| Gregory Defeo | 240,000 | -760,000 |